2016-2017
WV HOSA Officers
Post-Secondary Representative: Caren Craigo
Secretary/Treasurer: Olivia Maroney
Vice President/Historian: Morgan Talbott
President: Hunter Lester
Membership
West Virginia is proud to say that during the 2015-2016 school year we had 1,185 secondary and 316 post-secondary members. Supporting these members were 107 advisors and 252 alumni. West Virginia has a large demand for health care professionals in our state and encourage all secondary and post-secondary students who are considering a career in health care to join.
Membership dues are $17.
About HOSA-Future Health Professionals
HOSA-Future Health Professionals (HOSA) is a national student organization that provides a unique program of leadership development, motivation and recognition exclusively for secondary, postsecondary, collegiate and adult students enrolled in health science classes. HOSA is 100% health care!
HOSA’s competitive events program, aligned with the National Healthcare Skills Standards, helps students graduate and be career and college ready. HOSA offers six competitive event categories:
- Health Science Events
- Health Professions Events
- Emergency Preparedness Events
- Leadership Events
- Teamwork Events
- Recognition Events
For more information on each competitive event visit http://www.hosa.org/node/117.
Mission of HOSA-Future Health Professionals
HOSA-Future Health Professionals is filling the pipeline with tomorrows workforce. The mission of HOSA is to enhance the delivery of compassionate, quality health care by providing opportunities for knowledge, skills and leadership development of all health science students, therefore, helping students to meet the needs of the health care community.